Germany. He received a great deal of the money that german ambassador had to spread, and tom tunney had to follow him around. Ultimately, he gets the information on him and he discovers, he goes up to his apartment up by columbia university, and he has a secret diary where hes recorded in german and in english meticulous prussian fashion, how he superintends hspends his day, everyone he meets with, all the things he wants to do, that hes going to stop smoking, stop drinking, and by the way, im also going to place a bomb on this ship on such and such a date. His key operative are he gives code names to d1, d2, d3. Part of the story that i tell in dark invasion is how tunney and his men track down these various operatives once they have this code book and how they, too, have to break this code and find these people. Yeah, fdr was undersecretary of the navy. He had his own private force of enforcement and investigators. I know that he was basically tracking down the immorality of the Amer
Counterintelligence and also mentioned in the companion on the legacy of the wilsonian in the 1920s. Hes also been involved in an exhibit on the fbi in the museum since june of 2008 and appeared on many documentaries on cspan, cbs sunday news, cnn, and turner classic movies. Please join me in welcoming our first speaker, David Chambers. Good afternoon. My name is indeed David Chambers and i confess here and now that i am a grandchild of Whittaker Chambers, the subject of my paper. Due to time constraints, ill jump straight in and start by laying to rest that the case is a sideshow. When compared to chambers earlier spy work for two chief reasons. First, no proof exists that any of the groups ten former federal members in the later 1930s stole major secrets or effected major shifts in u. S. Policy. Second, i argue today that washingtons Representative Side branch of the Global Network of soviet intelligence in which chambers own role was small, but which as a network was more crit cool
Follow him around. Ultimately, he gets the information on him and he discovers, he goes up to his apartment up by columbia university, and he has a secret diary where hes recorded in german and in english meticulous prussian fashion, how he superintends hspends his day, everyone he meets with, all the things he wants to do, that hes going to stop smoking, stop drinking, and by the way, im also going to place a bomb on this ship on such and such a date. His key operative are he gives code names to d1, d2, d3. Part of the story that i tell in dark invasion is how tunney and his men track down these various operatives once they have this code book and how they, too, have to break this code and find these people. Yeah, fdr was undersecretary of the navy. He had his own private force of enforcement and investigators. I know that he was basically tracking down the immorality of the American Naval people and he got censured by the congress for doing that, which wasnt thought of as that import
Sundays in february, American History tv is airing a selection of oral history interviews with former korean war pows recorded by the korean war legacy foundation. First interview is charles ross who soon after enlisting in the army in 1947 became a sergeant in a small unit in south korea. He was captured by the chinese and held as a p. O. W. From 1950 to 1953 today at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time here on American History tv on cspan 3. February is black History Month and the cspan bus is on the road visiting the top historically black colleges and universities to speak with faculty and discuss Public Policy issues and highlight their role in americas education system. This tuesday will be in Fisk University followed by moore House College and Spellman College in atlanta. Historian and author of victoria kastner of William Randolph herself. Her story herself castle about reconstructing the estate in california. The author hosted this event in november of 2000. Now pleased to introduce to y
Barbara. She tells the untold story and the 28 years of a relationship between hearst and his architect julia morgan. She chronicles the evolution of this hilltop. Not only do we view the hilltops, but the spectacular pools and the collection of fine arts and antiques. Sprinkle throughout her books are stories of the famous parties hosted at the Hearst Castle. With his companion movie star Marion Davies, and their celebrity guests, which combined together to bring to life americas most glamorous country home. Please join with me in welcoming victoria kastner. [applause] very glad to be here. One of americas oldest museums to talk about a uniquely american subject, that is William Randolph hearst and his beloved home. He had more than half a dozen houses, all very large and filled with art. But the one he loved the most was san simeon, i think its been most known, this is appropriate for a media personality, like William Randolph hearst, not through historic events, but through a media